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Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage

"Three academics romp their way through mead-soaked Scandinavia. Semi-opera noise ensues. Hwæt!"

Flawed heroes, sympathetic monsters and haughty professors collide as this hefty poem is rescued from the grasp of 1,000 years of highbrow analysis and transformed into a defiantly raucous musical. Presented by San Francisco's infamous Shotgun Players and New York's infectious Banana Bag & Bodice, this SongPlay is an irreverent dissertation on art versus criticism in blood-soaked Scandinavia.

Top Cast

  • Jason Craig

    Jason Craig

    Beowulf

  • Cameron Galloway

    Cameron Galloway

    Academic 3/Dragon

  • Anna Ishida

    Anna Ishida

    Warrior 1

  • Jessica Jelliffe

    Jessica Jelliffe

    Academic 1/Grendel's Mother

  • Christopher Kuckenbaker

    Christopher Kuckenbaker

    Academic 2/Grendel

  • Dave Malloy

    Dave Malloy

    King Hrothgar

  • Shaye Troha

    Shaye Troha

    Warrior 2

Overview

Flawed heroes, sympathetic monsters and haughty professors collide as this hefty poem is rescued from the grasp of 1,000 years of highbrow analysis and transformed into a defiantly raucous musical. Presented by San Francisco's infamous Shotgun Players and New York's infectious Banana Bag & Bodice, this SongPlay is an irreverent dissertation on art versus criticism in blood-soaked Scandinavia.

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